Farm-gate



e. E. HARDESTY.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-26. I920.

1,361,152, Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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A TTOR/VE Y8 G. E. HARDESTY.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26 1920.

1,361,152, Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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GEORGE E. HARbEsrY, 0F FOLSOM, NEW Mnxroo.

FARM-GATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

- Application filed January 26, 1920. Serial No. 354,183.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HARDESTY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Folsom, in the county of Union and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F arm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tilting gates and more particularly to an improvement in tilting gates of the character described and claimed in my prior Patent No. 1,210,797.

An important object of my invention is to provide an improved gate of this character in which the gate proper will be in all of its operative movements positively braced and constrained to travel in the proper path, thereby providing easy, complete and satisfactory operation and preventing distor tion or excessive strain being imposed upon the gate proper or any of the associated parts.

Another object is to provide an improved post construction cooperating'with the free end of the gate which will insure automatic locking of the gate in closed position.

Another object is to provide an improved rock arm or swing especially adapted to be associated and cooperated with the other elements of a gate of this character.

Another object is to provide a gate of this character of strong and durable construction, easy and reliable in operation and comparatively inexpensive to manufac-' ture. r

Other objects and advantages reside in the certain novel features of construction, operation and combination of parts as will become apparent as the description proceeds, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved gate showing the gate in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the gate in open position;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of my improved post adapted to cooperate with the free end of the gate;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in side elevation of the truss brace for the gate; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view in plan of the rock arm or swing.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that my invention contemplates a gate indicated generally at 10 and including frame members 11 and horizontal rails 12 secured to said frame members. The rear end of the gate is pivoted between the posts 13 by a pivot 14. The free end of the gate is adapted, in closed position to cooperate with the post 15 which consists of spaced uprights 16 connected at their upper ends .by a block 17 Plates 18 are secured to the side of the uprlghts 16 adjacent the free ends of the gate and have their upper edge curved outwardly and upwardly as shown at 19. As shown in the drawing the inner edges of the plates 18 are spaced and receive between then the free end of the gate. A springactuated sliding locking pin or bolt 20 is carried by the gate and cooperates with the under "side of the block 17 to maintain the gate in closed position. The plates 18 prevent lateral movement of the gate.

To the rear of the gate and'arranged one upon each side thereof are posts 21. A rock arm or swing is pivoted at its upper end between the posts 21, as shown at 22 and is pivoted adjacent its lower end to a lever 27 to be hereinafter more fully described. A rock arm consists of spaced bars '23 which are maintained in spaced relation by spacing sleeves 24, mounted on the pivot shaft 25 which extends through the spacing bars as well as through the spacing sleeves, and suitable washers are provided between the end of each spacing sleeve and the adjacent surfaces of the corresponding bar. The upper pivoted shaft 25 is extended at each end thereof beyond the bars 23, and these extensions are j ournaled in suitable bearings 22 provided therefor in the posts 21. The lower end of the rock arm is pivoted to the lever directly by the spacing sleeve of the lower end of the rock arm which is journaled in a suitable bearing 28 in the lever intermediate its ends. The bars of the rock arm are prevented from separating laterally by upper and lower bolts and nuts 26. The lever 27 also consists of spaced bars, and the lower end of the lever receives between its spaced bars one of the frame members 11 of the gate being pivotally se-- cured as at 29 to this frame member. The outer end of the lever is weighted, as shown at 30.

On each side of the ate and preferably alined with the pivot thereof are provided posts 31. Horizontal extensions 32 are provided upon the posts 21 and 31 and are braced as at 32'. To the lowermostiface of each of these extensions is connected a ulley 33, through which gate-operating ca les 34 pass. One end of each of the cables is connected to the spring bolt 20 of the gate" bracing the, gateand constraining the same to mo'tien in the proper path during. all of its operative movements. This means inoludes. a post 35 lying between oneof the pests 13 and one ofthe posts31 and walined with the'flposts 13 to which the gate is pivot'ed. This post is provided with pivots 36, and 37v which carry, respectively, the arms 3 8'1and .39, of a V-shaped brace, The outler eiids of the arms 38 and 39 are pivot ally-connected to; one ofthe framemembers 11 5 ;a1e gateas shown at 38 and. 39, respectively, The brace arms, together with marinas member of the gate, constitute; a

truss, and, like all othertrusses, the angular relation between its members can not. be ch'an ed, except, of conrse,when one of the mi pesitively guided and bracedin its movementiwith respect to t he other structures, but is, in itself, made inherently of greater strength v 'andf rigidity, Moreover, the post.

shaped brace being spaced a gate and aliiied therewith, the. V-shaped brace itself.

L ifl yi al he from. the: post- 13 carrying the constitutes onel nember of another truss of which the gate is the second member; and thespo'sts 1 3 and 35 (being; maintained in unchan ing.,,and stationary, relation with each ot er by reason of being set.,in the r und). fi t e t ir m r-l1 is e namedtrus's is effective also both longitudi il y airid ef e l'rt the, nd. of s rength, dity, and. proper operative movements" ri o the gate.

.IIipract1 ersis ruptured. The gate isnot only.

v. e t q be n c s r h n a: slight. pull is exerted -upon the cable22 the p'rmg; ltfls Withdrawn om ,.en gem i beneath the locks 16 when the gateis'swungupwardly, influenced by the weight The V arrangement issuchthat the weight in the final" opening movements resists shocks or jars to the gate. To clear the gate when it is in open position a pull is exerted upon the cable 24 and the gate swings easily toward its closed position, the weight 30 acting to influence the .gatein the same manner as heretofore. By virtue of the construction of the posts 15 receiving the free endot the gate, ,the bracing action applied to the gate and the-structure of the lever 27 of the rock arm .23, the gate seeks its proper position easily-and without manual guidance,. and' this, irrespective of the influence of the wind orof otheriorces, tends to throw the gate to position laterally beyond the spaces between'the uprights 16.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, in combination, agate pivoted horizontally, means -for tilting; the gate from horizontal closed position to. vertical open position, means for maintaining. the gate in closed position, and means for bracing the, gate in alllof its operative movements consisting-of a \/;-shaped brace having its apex pivoted in alinement with and spaced fromjthe pivot of said. gate and havingthe outer endof each of its arm's. pivotally secured to said gate for forming with said gate a truss efi'ective both horizontally and vertically, all as and for the purposes ,set forth.

2. Ina device of thecharacter described, I

in combination, a gatepivoted horizontally, meansfor tiltingthe gate fromhorizontal closed position toivertical open position,-including-apair of posts,-a lever consisting of spaced bars having one end embracing said gateand having a weight at its opposite end, and a rock ,arm consisting of'spaced" bars, a spacing sleevefor saidbars, a pivot shaft extending through said spacing sleeve" by which the upper end of said rock arm is pivoted, to the posts and a second pivot shaft whichltheloweryendof saidfrock arm' wh ch. embraces the lever is-pivoted to the lever-intermediate-its ends, and'means for; bracing; said gate'ini all of its' operative niovlements, all as and foritlie-pu'rposesr set.

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